Author of New 4Chan Book Talks About Moot, the Memesphere, and What Happens When They Find Your Apartment Number

When Betabeat first met Cole Stryker on the roof of the Barbarian Group this summer, the very tall, very blonde young man was recounting the story of how he and ex-Valleywager Nick Douglas used to try to out-gross each other with images from 4chan’s /b/ board. But it wasn’t just for the lulz, Mr. Stryker’s fixation with 4chan and Anonymous also carried into the workplace, where he amassed a collection of posts on the community’s mayhem and malwebolence for Urlesque.